Remembering Farnhurst

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Stories from the Delaware State Hospital 1894-1920

Members of several DGS teams have worked with the author Katherine Dettwyler to bring this information to you.

Remembering Farnhurst

Overview:

This book, Remembering Farnhurst, published in 2019, includes a detailed look at the lives of 186 patients admitted to the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst between 1894 and 1920. Despite usually being thought of as having been simply a “mental hospital” or “lunatic asylum,” the institution cared for people with many different conditions. From brain injuries, syphilis, epilepsy, and schizophrenia to deafness, blindness, and age-related senility, a wide variety of conditions were treated because, at a time, there were few or no other options for care.

The Author:

Katherine Dettwyler

DGS Searchable Name Index:

The DGS website has a searchable Name Index. The table is searchable with a list of names with the page numbers on which they appear in Remembering Farnhurst.

The Rememberg Farnhurst page with the searchable Name Index can be found by clicking this link.

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Past DGS President Thomas Doherty, PhD, died

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Thomas P. Doherty, PhD, past DGS president, died on December 26, 2023. As many people know, he was devoted to genealogy—as DGS president, editor of the first three editions of the Delaware Genealogical Research Guide, and lecturer at UD’s Osher Lifelong Learning, among many activities. We extend our condolences to Tom’s wife, Dr. Phoebe Doherty, also a past DGS president, and his family and friends.

For the full obituary, visit the Chandler Funeral Home (Delaware) website.

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Past DGS President Margaret David died

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Margaret David, age 96, passed away peacefully on March 10, 2023.

She was born in 1927 in Kearney, New Jersey, the second oldest of five children. After graduating from high school, she went to work for TWA in their office. She and her husband, Vernon, were married for 60 years before his passing. Margaret taught at Goldey Beacom College and Delaware Tech in Wilmington. She also worked in the Prison Ministry and held various board positions over the years.

Margaret was president of the Delaware Genealogical Society from 2010 to 2012. She also served in various other roles as a member and on the DGS board for more than ten years, including vice president, secretary, chair of the Awards Committee, and on editorial teams for several DGS publications.

She was predeceased by her husband Vernon and her son Douglas. Margaret is survived by her son Brian and his wife Niury; by her daughter Christina and her husband Jack; and several grand- and great-grandchildren.

For the full obituary, visit https://www.chandlerfuneralhome.com/obituaries/margaret-a-david/

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Development Updates

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Delaware Cemetery Updates – 08/17/2022

The Cemeteries in Delaware page is in the process of being updated. Bob Eckman (Website volunteer and DGS member) has created a database of Delaware Cemeteries. Bob has been working on finding additional cemeteries that were not in the original data, removing duplicates, and documenting each one. In addition, he has been referencing the cemetery on the Find-A-Grave website and adding the reference link and a link to google maps.

Update: The table now includes 839 entries. Included are links to Find-a-Grave and google maps where available. This update also includes a notes field where appropriate.

The new table is a work in progress and will be updated occasionally.

Please thank Bob for his hard work.

Updating – Delaware Cemetery – Link

Website Help

If you have any ideas for updating existing data on the website or have data that you think we may be interested in or wish to help with the website, please contact us at webmaster@delgensoc.org.

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Development Updates

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Delaware Cemetery Updates

The Cemeteries in Delaware page is in the process of being updated. We are pleased to announce an update taking place. We have a development table created by Bob Eckman (Website volunteer and DGS member). Bob has been working on finding additional cemeteries that were not in the original data and documenting them. In addition, he has been referencing the cemetery on the Find-A-Grave website and adding the reference link and a link to google maps.

The new table is a work in progress and will be updated occasionally. When completed this new table will replace the current table.

Please thank Bob for his hard work.

Updating – Delaware Cemetery – Link

Website Help

If you have any ideas for updating existing data on the website or have data that you think we may be interested in or wish to help out with the website, please contact us at webmaster@delgensoc.org.

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Special Program: A Tour of the NEW DGS website

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Special Program: A Tour of the NEW DGS website

We are pleased to announce the availability of the recording and material of our Special Program: A Tour of the NEW DGS website.

Graham Godfrey, DGS board member, and technology lead, takes you on a tour of the new DGS website in this special one-hour program. Designed to make DGS resources easy to use, the website offers improved navigation, introduces new research about African American Civil War Veterans from Delaware, an all-new section with Delaware Resources for Everyone, and a new Member Library.

The tour includes an overview of the entire website and membership tools, plus a live deep dive into the newly published Directory of African American Veterans of the Civil War, a demo of at the new 61,000-person name index for the DGS Journal, and other new features.  

Follow this link to view the video and download the PDF of the meeting that is a hand guide for the website.

A Tour of the NEW DGS website

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